Amongst other things, 482 was the most runs Australia have scored in a day in a test match since 1910, Michael Clarke scored 120 runs in the final session, Australia scored 202 runs in the final session, and Michael Clarke became the first player to score four double centuries in a calendar year. (He still has another two and a half tests to play). After all that, David Warner’s 119 off 112 balls earlier in the day almost looks an insignificant footnote.

Yes, I remember that well. The worst day for Australian cricket since, possibly, this one, also Melbourne, also Boxing Day, 24 years earlier. Steve Waugh was in the side, and he said later that it hurt so much that he would do everything in his power to make sure that it never happened to him again. Until he retired, more than 17 years later, it never did.

I had a huge opinion of Steve Waugh, both as a batsman and a player. However, I am coming to the opinion that Michael Clarke is better than Steve Waugh in both these regards. I am sure that losing in Melbourne in 2010 hurt for him just as much as it did for Steve Waugh in 1986.